Moorhead Group has bought Derby’s East Midlands Demolition. Construction Enquirer is reporting that Derby-based East Midlands Demolition has been acquired by civil engineering company Moorhead Group. The EMD deal allows Moorhead to expand its territory and scope of enabling works services it offers. “We are delighted to have acquired EMD. It’s one of the most…Read moreRead more
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EMD acquired…
Coleman kit goes under the hammer
Coleman & Company to hold sale of specialist demolition equipment. Euro Auctions is to host a one-day sale of specialist demolition equipment on 27 November at the Coleman & Company depot in Great Barr, Birmingham, with onsite inspections taking lace from the 24 to the 26 November. This sale will see a collection of 282…Read moreRead more
Testing Time
According to a recent survey, more than half of all UK construction workers have concerns around drink and drugs in the workplace and more than a third of those surveyed have witnessed colleagues working under the influence of drink or drugs. At the same time, a report on the professions most likely to be caught…Read moreRead more
CMA tightens net…
Rolled lead suppliers latest to receive collusion fines. It is more than a year since DemolitionNews exclusively revealed that a number of UK demolition companies were under investigation for suspected collusion. That investigation – along with a wider investigation into various parts of the construction industry – appeared to have faded away with the arrival…Read moreRead more
Keltbray trials biofuel…
Keltbray goes green with biofuel test. Just a week after it signed a limited exclusivity licence to supply and place Earth Friendly Concrete® in the UK, demolition giant Keltbray has underlined its commitment tot he environment by trialling Green D+ Biofuel as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainable innovation. The company is trialling Green…Read moreRead more
Comment – History repeating…
Regular readers will know that there’s little I like more than a football analogy. It is my personal belief that all human life is replicated and mirrored on the pitch; all of the highs and lows of emotion; the trials and tribulations; the successes and the failures. And I have an especially timely one that…Read moreRead more
JCB – A British Empire
Tomorrow marks a landmark for a global equipment giant, and for the construction equipment sector in general. 23 October 2020 is the official 75th birthday of JCB. The company’s own celebrations have been curtailed somewhat by the COVID-19 pandemic. But the team over at Diggers and Dozers was unwilling to allow such a momentous occasion…Read moreRead more
Fallon folds
Midlands demolition firm appoints administrators. In another sad turn of events for the UK demolition industry, DemolitionNews has learned that Redditch-based S Fallon and Sons (Contractors) – which trades as Fallon Group – has appointed administrators. Full details of the company’s premature demise are not yet available; but DemolitionNews has been told that the appointed…Read moreRead more
That’s just nuts…!
Walk-around Californian pistachio plant demolition. At a pistachio plant in Lost Hills, California, Sierra International Machinery’s Safety Advisor Sergio Martinez explains the sampling and abating that goes into the process of demolition.
Merger makes strip-out giant…
Diamond driller LDD grows strip-out division. Diamond drilling specialist LDD Construction is growing its existing strip out division after signing a merger deal with Prostrip Demolition Services. Reported in Construction Enquirer, the move will see another 45 staff join LDD who will now offer one of the largest specialist strip out teams in London. The…Read moreRead more
